By Blake Berger Less than two weeks after Judge Zabidin Diah acquitted Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy on January 9, the spotlight has been re-focused back on Anwar and the Malaysian judiciary. On, January 20, Attorney-General Gani Patail responded to calls…
Corruption
Mixed Results for Corruption Fight in Indonesia
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By Murray Hiebert Transparency International gave Indonesia another poor grade on December 1 in the country’s ongoing battle against corruption. Indonesia scored 3 out of a possible 10 (the cleanest score) in Transparency’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), a slight…
Governance in ASEAN: The Next Generation
by Ernest Z. Bower • • 1 Comment
By Ernie Bower This week in Hanoi, the former head of Vietnam’s state audit agency, Vu Dinh Hue, will be named the country’s new finance minister. The message to Vietnam’s state-owned enterprises and ministries with bloated budgets is clear: there…
Invite Mr. Aquino to Washington
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By Ernie Bower The outline of an American strategy for Asia has been developing for the last two years. At its core is strengthening relationships with like minded partners throughout Asia, especially our treaty allies. These alliances are vitally important…
Video: Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano Speaks at CSIS on the U.S.-India. Strategic Dialogue
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During President Obama’s trip to India in November of last year, the U.S. and India announced a new Homeland Security Dialogue between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs. Secretary Napolitano just returned from…
India’s State Elections: People vs. Power
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By Arti Dhar, Intern Scholar, Wadhwani Chair in India-U.S. Policy Studies, CSIS Five Indian states went to the polls from April 4 – May 10 for the Indian state elections of 2011. Though the Congress-led central government continues to reel…
Video Interview with Philippine Secretary of Finance Cesar Purisima
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Cesar Purisima, the high-energy point man for President Aquino’s finance and trade team, talked to CSIS’ Ernie Bower during his visit to Washington, DC earlier this month. Purisima had flown from Beijing to Washington, and gave an important peek into…